After the sessions held in Hawaii in 2013, Korea in 2014, Malaysia in 2015 and The Netherlands in 2016, the 5th OTEC SYMPOSIUM 2017 will take place in La Réunion, an overseas French Island situated in the Indian Ocean. La Réunion University, PIMENT Laboratory and the IUT will host this event with NAVAL Energies and Regional Council partnership. This annual meeting is the opportunity to share valuable information on OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) through different topics, from an academic as well as an industrial point of view.

This site hosts the French Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Land-based Prototype, co-funded by NAVAL Energies and the Regional Council